Huang Xing

Huang Xing (25 October 1874-31 October 1916) was the first army commander-in-chief of the Republic of China and one of the founders of the Kuomintang.

Biography
Huang Xing was born in Changsha, China in 1874, and he studied in both China and Japan. Huang developed an interest in military affairs during his time in Japan, and he practiced horsemanship and shooting every morning. He became involved with secret societies aiming to overthrow the Qing dynasty during the 1900s, and a planned 1905 uprising against the government failed. Huang would come to become the military chief and second-in-command of the Tongmenghui under Sun Yat-sen, losing two of his fingers in a 1911 revolt that would be followed by the successful Wuchang Uprising. In 1912, he became the first commander-in-chief of the Republic of China, and he became chairman of the Kuomintang in 1913. In 1913, Huang was sent to put down Yuan Shikai's reactionary uprising, and he fled to Japan and then to the United States after Yuan took power. He returned to China after Yuan's death in 1916, and he died in Shanghai in October.